Day 1 of €3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty Gets Underway at 2 p.m.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Paris here at the Le Palais des Congrès continues today with the €3,000 Mystery Bounty. Day 1 of this three-day event kicks off this afternoon at 2 p.m local time.
In 2023, it was Humberto Lopes Galindo who emerged victorious after besting a field of 787 players. Lopes Galindo lay claim to the lion's share of the €1,328,456 prize pool, taking home €243,656 for the first-place prize.
2023 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize | Bounty Prize | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humberto Lopes Galindo | Portugal | €243,656 | €15,000 | €258,656 |
| 2 | Fouad Baali | France | €151,650 | €5,000 | €156,650 |
| 3 | Gerard Rubiralta | Spain | €108,300 | €16,000 | €124,300 |
| 4 | Or Suliman | Israel | €83,300 | €6,000 | €89,300 |
| 5 | Joachim Haraldstad | Norway | €64,100 | €80,000 | €144,100 |
| 6 | Jonathan Proudfoot | United Kingdom | €49,300 | €17,000 | €66,300 |
| 7 | Natan Chauskin | Belarus | €37,950 | €1,500 | €39,450 |
| 8 | Jan Bednar | Czechia | €29,450 | €11,000 | €40,450 |
| 9 | Fabian Niederreiter | Germany | €22,450 | €4,500 | €26,950 |
This is the second Mystery Bounty tournament to take place at EPT Paris, with Duco ten Haven taking down the €10,200 Mystery Bounty last week. Ten Haven triumphed over Quan Zhou in heads-up play to claim the €126,500 up top and a further €117,500 in bounties.
Late registration will be open until the beginning of Day 2, which kicks off on Thursday, February 22 at 12:30 p.m. Upon the start of Day 2, the Mystery Bounties will come into play. Of the total entry fee, €1,000 will be put into the bounty prize pool which will generate prizes that include, but are not limited to, €100,000, €50,000, €30,000, €15,000, €10,000, €5,000, €1,000, and €500.
Anyone who enters the Mystery Bounty will receive a starting stack of 30,000. The plan for Day 1 is to play 12 40-minute levels and while the registration period is open, players are allowed unlimited reentries.
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